This book is designed to indicate which tests are most clinically useful for the dog, cat, horse, and ruminant, with suggestions for diagnostic applications and interpretations of results. It provides differential diagnostic considerations using algorithms and tables. Practical, clinically-oriented, user-friendly information is ideal for the instruction and diagnostic application of the elements .

Offers the content of veterinary laboratory medicine.

Talks about the use of primates in biomedical research, and the husbandry, nutritional requirements, behaviour and breeding of the commonly used species. This book offers information on regulatory requirements, along with sections on experimental models that cover areas of biomedical research, including AIDS, cancer, neurobiology and gene therapy.

Laboratory animal research remains a very important part of basic research and drug development. This book rectifies the problem by providing animal researchers and technicians with the essentials for conducting their work in the laboratory, offering detailed protocols and information that can be referred to on a daily basis.

Intended for those working with animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986. This book covers principles applicable to various species, including training of licensees, the regulatory framework, euthanasia, management of pain and stress, anaesthesia and surgery, and also includes specific sections on biology and husbandry.

As nearly all human genes are present in the mouse genome, a growing number of biomedical researchers are finding they need to use the mouse as an experimental organism. This volume covers the field of mouse breeding and genetics at a level of detail sufficient for pursuing independent research.

Meant for those involved in laboratory animal care.

Suitable for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, veterinary students, and laboratory staff, this book describes treatment and management of laboratory animals, including mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, chinchillas, rabbits, ferrets, and non-human primates.

There is literature dealing with the welfare of animals in general, as well as literature dealing with the maintenance and use of laboratory animals. This book brings together these two topics, focusing to the general and species-specific needs of laboratory animals in the light of their welfare.

Focuses on the stress and distress which is experienced by animals when used in laboratory research. This book discusses the role of humane endpoints in situations of distress and principles for the minimization of distress in laboratory animals. It offers education on the ethical issues associated with stress and distress in laboratory animals.

The direct mail campaigns of powerful animal rights lobbies and their tactics against animal laboratories demonstrate where they stand. Equally compelling are those who argue that medical progress and consumer safety are enhanced by research using animals. This book focuses on the clash of opposing positions in this national debate.

Provides information covering the major laboratory animal species regularly used in experimental toxicology, including dogs, rodents and monkeys. Although data on drug effects is included, the book is also aimed at non-endocrinologists working with laboratory animals.

Written by the international community's leading experts, Trace Elements in Laboratory Rodents describes the best and most current methods to provide deficient or supplemental trace elements to laboratory animals, as well as how to assay them. The experts warn of the common pitfalls and hidden problems in nutritional testing and how to avoid them. This how-to approach focuses on the technical ...

A guide to the care of animals used in scientific procedures. It covers legal and welfare issues are covered as well as the husbandry of mammals and birds used in scientific studies. It also explains the law governing scientific procedures using animals.

Part of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine series, this second edition covers the biological and disease aspects of laboratory animal medicine. It also examines other aspects such as the biohazards associated with the use of animal experimentation and factors complicating the bioethics of animal research.

Aims to describe the knowledge about the welfare of laboratory animals. This book brings together the two topics, the welfare of animals, as well as the maintenance and use of laboratory animals. It focuses on the general and species-specific needs of laboratory animals in the light of their welfare.

A comparative study of the five principal species of small mammals used in Biomedical research. This volume set illustrates the anatomy of each species, permitting comparisons between species and highlighting morphological differences of clinical significance. It is for those performing surgical or post-mortem procedures.

Covers The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 as this impinges on various aspects of the care and use of animals in scientific procedures. This title describes legal responsibilities of people working in this area. It includes developments in the subject.

Offers a scholarly history of the evolution of animal welfare public policy, and brings a sociological perspective to this area of understanding. This book advocates animal rights and is intended for biomedical researchers and animal rights activists.